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Firm fined over scaffolder injury…
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Worker struck by concrete panel during link bridge demolition. A demolition company has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a concrete spandrel panel. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how Vale Park Demolition Services Limited was contracted to demolish a link bridge structure at Littleborough Primary School, Rochdale. On 29 […]
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Nice work if you can get it…
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Alaskan Way Viaduct contract comes in at $93.7 million. A contractor has been chosen to demolish the old Alaskan Way Viaduct, a 3 km overpass that runs through the city of Seattle and which is fast approaching its annihilation. Kiewit Infrastructure West submitted the winning bid at $93.7 million, the Washington State Department of Transportation […]
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Comment – Where are our thought leaders…?
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In search of the left-field, outside the box, blue sky thinkers that will shape the sector. Sci-fi writer and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke – is widely credited as having first conceived the notion of what we now know as a “space station”. Although it was a subject he would […]
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Video – Ohio power plant popped…
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Crowd watches partial demolition of AEP Ohio power plant in Beverly. Dozens of people watched the demolition of a water cooling tower and a smoke stack on Friday at the former AEP Muskingum River Power Plant in Beverly, Ohio. The coal-fired power plant was in operation for more than 60 years, until it closed in […]
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AECC future in question…
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Councillors to discuss demolition of Aberdeen exhibition centre. Plans to demolish the current Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) to build almost 500 homes are going back before councillors. Councillors voted to approve an application to demolish the Bridge of Don concert venue in December 2015. The plans also involve the creation of a mixed-use […]
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Insta-famous…almost
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DemolitionNews is now the biggest demolition-dedicated account on Instagram. About a year ago, my youngest son was mocking my social media aptitude. “You’re doing it all wrong. Twitter is dead, and Facebook is for children and for mums wanting to snoop on their children,” he insisted. “Instagram is the place to be if you want […]
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Video – Turf Moor upgrade underway…
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Demolition crew tackles Burnley stadium control room. Under the expert and gruff tutelage of manager Sean Dyche, Burnely FC over-achieved this past season, claiming seventh spot in the English Premier League and thereby qualifying for the Europa League. Ahead of this unforeseen European adventure, the company’s famous Turf Moor stadium is undergoing soehtig of a […]
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Bridge demolition delayed by barge…
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Dismantling of Johnson St. Bridge postponed until June. Work on the old Johnson Street Bridge in Vancouver has been pushed back until June. The Dynamic Beast crane barge was supposed to return to Victoria’s Inner Harbour in mid-May to remove the old blue steel. The project manager Jonathan Huggett says changes had to be made […]
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Video – Ignore the commentary…
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DSM’s redrawing of the Grimsby skyline continues. First rule of journalism – When you’re reporting on a company, try to the their name right, particularly if it only comprises three letters! That said, while the voice-over appears to have been read (not too well) from this local newspaper report, the footage of DSM’s might Hitachi […]
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Inspirational result…
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AR Demolition named among “1,000 companies to inspire Britain”. AR Demolition been named in a prestigious report celebrating the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The ‘1000 Companies To Inspire Britain’ report is released annually by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and 2018 is the fifth year it has […]
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